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This weekend the farmers market was full of fresh field ripened locally grown tomatoes and I picked up a bunch of them. While I was at the grocery store I was thinking about the
caprese salad
that I had not to long ago when I passed a nice looking loaf of ciabatta; my favorite sandwich bread. The two thoughts collided and I just had to try a caprese salad sandwich in some nice and crusty and chewy ciabatta. The first version of the sandwich was pretty simple having just fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basil ant it was nice and fresh and really good.

I knew that I would be using a lot of the fresh basil to make some
basil pesto
and I thought that it would be great if I added some of that to the next sandwich. The fresh basil pesto made the sandwich even better! While on the roll, the next sandwich got a splash of balsamic vinegar which added a really nice kick.

My next thought was that it would be really nice if the mozzarella was melted by grilling the sandwich. I had wanted to do it panini style but I do not have a panini maker so I pulled out my grill pan and pressed down on the sandwich with a bowl. The grilled caprese sandwich did not get the nice panini grill marks but the mozzarella did melt nicely. The warm gooey melted mozzarella in the sandwich was really good.

How can a caprese get any better but to be in a panini. Love the addition of additional basily goodness in the pesto.I don't have a panini press either but I bought a big ol' brick that I tripled covered in foil...that does the trick.

Your sarnie is EXACTLY what I should have had for lunch. Instead I had a soggy bagel with smoked salmon and NO cream cheese. And it rained. Which has nothing to do with lunch, but it wasn't a good day and I want that sandwich.

So simple and delicious Kevin... I recently buy Turkish flat bread and toast it, then spread a little bit of butter and top with mature cheddar shavings... ;) But mozzarella, tomato, basil are one of my favourite combinations... Must try to grill it next time.

kevin, this sandwich looks anything but boring! I'm trying to lose my vacation pounds (I'm not fat but that isn't the same as being thin, is i?) so I've been laying off the bread. The picture of this sandwich could send me tumbling off the wagon, though.

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I came to realize that my meals were boring and that I had been eating the same few dishes over and over again for years. It was time for a change! I now spend my free time searching for, creating and trying tasty new recipes in my closet sized kitchen.